Country Music Legend of the Week, Bobby Bare [VIDEOS]

Robert Joseph "Bobby" Bare was born April 7, 1935, in Ironton, OH. He is an American country music singer and songwriter.

Bare's big break in country music came when RCA Records' Chet Atkins signed him. The first song he released on the label was "Shame On Me" in 1962. His second RCA release, "Detroit City," was his first top-ten Country single, reaching number six. It also hit number 16 on the pop charts.

Bobby Bare - Detroit City

In 1964, he also received a Grammy Award for Best Country and Western Recording for the song Detroit City. Then a surge of hits followed, including "500 Miles Away from Home".

Bobby Bare - 500 miles

BOBBY BARE - Marie Laveau

In 1965 he received two Grammy nominations for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance and Best Country & Western single for the song “Four Strong Winds”.

In 1966, he received a Grammy Nomination for Best Country & Western Male Vocal Performance for his song “Talk Me Some Sense”. He also recorded with Skeeter Davis, Norma Jean and Liz Anderson. "The Game of Triangles", a wife-husband-other woman drama that hit number five on the Billboard chart earned the trio a Grammy nomination.

In 1968, he recorded an album with a group from England called The Hillsiders.

In 1969, he had a Top 5 hit with Tom T. Hall's "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn".

In nearly 50 years of making music, Bobby has made many firsts in country music.

Bare is credited for introducing Waylon Jennings to RCA.

He is also one of the first to record from many well- known song writers such as Jack Clement, Harlan Howard, Billy Joe Shaver, Mickey Newbury, Tom T. Hall, Shel Silverstein, Baxter Taylor and Kris Kristofferson.